Cybersecurity Receives Emphasis in State of the Union AddressHSTodayPresident Barack Obama called for cybersecurity legislation to provide incentives to businesses to protect their information systems from attacks or intrusions in the course of his State of the Union address Tuesday night. Obama noted that the White ...

Proactive Cyber-Security Needed, Ex-Spy SaysMobilediaBy Kendra Srivastava | Tue Jan 24, 2012 4:02 pm US cyber-security will not shield businesses unless a crisis forces change, according to the former National Intelligence director, suggesting the government must work quickly to aid the private sector.Mobiledia

Cyber securityLedbury ReporterSMALL businesses can learn how to better protect themselves online during a free cybersecurityseminar in Malvern. West Malvern businesswoman Emma Philpott is holding the seminar at Malvern Hills Science Park at 12.45pm on Thursday, February 9.

FOX To Feature AACC in Cybersecurity CoveragePatch.comBy D. Frank Smith Baltimore's WBFF FOX45 will be doing live interviews with top school officials at Anne Arundel Community College Wednesday morning highlighting cybersecurity at the college. The station's live coverage will be aired Wednesday morning.

Teaching Cyber-SecurityColumbia Journalism Review (blog)I spoke with a number of journalism schools, to see how the growing issue of cyber-security was being handled, and found a range of approaches. I turned to my alma mater, Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism, and spoke with Emily Bell, the director ...

Smartphone Owners Concerned and In the Dark About Mobile SecurityPR Newswire (press release)... a leading provider of consumer-centric mobile security and productivity applications, and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a non-profit public-private partnership focused oncybersecurity awareness and education for all digital citizens ...

ISF Launches Guide to Help Businesses Prepare for Cyber AttacksCSOThe report, 'Cyber Security Strategies: Achieving cyber resilience", was produced after a meeting 300 of the ISF's members, which include companies on the Fortune 500 and Forbes 2000 lists. Although the ISF believes that information security "has a ...

Cybercrime bill clears 2nd reading in SenateGMA News... and Communications Technology Office of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-ICTO) to create a National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) which will be responsible to formulate and implement a national cybersecurity policy, among others.

Obama: Foreign Internet piracy is 'not right'The Hill (blog)Obama also touted the comprehensive cybersecurity proposal he sent to Congress last year, which made him the first president to propose detailed legislative language on the issue. "To stay one step ahead of our adversaries, I have already sent this ...

Postbank crime just the tip of the icebergMyBroadbandIn an address to Trade & Industry's parliamentary portfolio committee last week, Basie von Solms, director of the University of Johannesburg's Centre for Excellence for Cyber Security lamented the fact that the Cybersecurity policy framework had not ...MyBroadband

How to block Twitter spam & scams right nowDigitaltrends.comTwitter has acquired cybersecurity firm Diasent, which will soon make Twitter ads safe and malware-free. But here are a few tips for protecting yourself from Twitter spammers and scammers right now. Late Monday, cybersecurity firm Dasient announced ...

TSA memo reveals railway computer hackedExaminer.com"cybersecurity software protects transportation IT systems from being hacked. Of greatest priority are Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition, or SCADA, systems that use IT to control physical systems. According to reports, a 2003 computer virus ...

Anonymous hacks FTC website OnGuardOnline.govFCW.com24 claimed credit for hacking a Federal Trade Commission website aimed at helping consumers withcybersecurity advice, OnGuardOnline.gov. The website is managed by the FTC and hosted in partnership with several federal agencies.

The Post Bank versus PentagonITWebFirstly, there is an urgent need for the approval of the South African National Cyber Security Policy, which has been pending for nearly two years and which would not only clearly defines minimum security standards, but also establishes incident ...

SABC tensions will put minister to the testBusiness DayOn cyber-security, the department will present its national cyber-security policy framework for SA to the Cabinet by March. During his tenure, the industry praised Mr Padayachie for his move to bring the industry on board on issues such as job creation ...

Privacy Rules to Change in the EU, But What If …?CircleIDDespite the fact that the Dutch National Cyber Security Centre is a promising initiative, it is obvious that for most countries this form of public-private cooperation is hard to attain. The discussion about the EU Cyber Security Centre is under way.

Dutch government opens National Cyber Security CentreLexology (registration)On 12 January 2012, the Minister of Security and Justice opened the National Cyber SecurityCentre ("NCSC"). The NCSC aims to become the platform for cyber security cooperation in the Netherlands. Its focus areas are development and provision of ...

Disclosure obligations relating to cyber security risksLexology (registration)Not sure if you need to make disclosures relating to cybersecurity risks and cyber incidents? On October 13, 2011, the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued new guidance to address the increased risks to ...

Cyber-Security: What investigative journalists should know about ...By Steffen KonrathColumbia Journalism Review :: Since 2007, Steve Doig, an investigative journalist, has been giving a talk called “Spycraft: Keeping your sources private.” He's presented at conferences for Investigative Reporters and Editors and the National ...:: Future of Journalism

Proactive Cyber-Security Needed, Ex-Spy SaysBy AlexOleskerU.S. cyber-security will not shield businesses unless a crisis forces change, according to the former National Intelligence director, suggesting the government must work quickly to aid the private sector. “Until we have a banking collapse or ...FedCyber.com

ISF launches guide to help businesses prepare for cyber attacks ...By cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Anh Nguyen)Cybersecurity is a board-level issue, says Chatham House reportGovernment should communicate cyber risk information in plain English >>; Defence Minister to highlight cyber attack threat to UKGovernment may announce offensive cyber warfare ... Although the ISF believes that information security "has a voice at the table", one of its key recommendations from the report is that businesses get C-level buy-in for their cyber security strategies – a reiteration of a recent Chatham House ...Computerworld UK's News